Fansided · Nov 12, 2016
Phillies Trade Darin Ruf: What Went Wrong?
So, this is how it ends for Darin Ruf and The Phillies – a trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Darnell Sweeney for Howie Kendrick.
How exactly the Dodgers will use Ruf remains to be seen. Who knows? Doesn’t really matter though for Phillies fans, as Darin Ruf is no longer their concern.
Looking back it’s hard to believe that at one point there were very high hopes for Ruf as a Phillie. He had set a Reading Phillies record for home runs in a season with 38 in 2012, breaking the mark set previously by Ryan Howard. It would be wrong to not mention at this point that Ruf’s record was broken by Dylan Cozens this past season when Cozens hit 40 last season.